Season Clock – At-a-Glance View of the Year
Hey all,
I’ve been working on a small project I thought others here might enjoy—a Season Clock for Home Assistant.
It’s essentially an analogue-style clock that completes one full rotation per year, giving you a really intuitive, visual sense of where you are in the seasons.
What it does
- Displays the current position in the year as a circular clock
- Shows seasons as coloured segments
- Marks solstices and equinoxes
- Smooth, continuous progression (not stepped)
- Designed to be clean, minimal, and glanceable
Two modes
- Basic view → simple seasonal ring (great for dashboards)
- Detailed view → adds markers, labels, and more context
Configurable
Planned / current options include:
- Location-based season calculation (hemisphere-aware)
Custom colours for seasons
Toggle between basic / detailed
Optional markers (solstices, equinoxes)
Timezone-aware positioning
Why I built it
I wanted something that:
- Feels more natural than a calendar
- Gives a sense of time passing through the year
- Looks good on a wall dashboard (tablet, fridge, etc.)
It’s surprisingly nice having that passive awareness of:
“We’re about ⅓ through autumn”
Project link
GitHub:
https://github.com/axelfair/seasonclock
HACS (coming soon)
I’m currently preparing it to be:
- Packaged properly
- HACS-installable
- Easy to configure via UI
Feedback wanted
Would love thoughts on:
- UI/visual design
- Features you’d want
- Anything that would make this more useful in your setup
If there’s interest, I’ll keep pushing this toward a polished HACS release.
Cheers!